An oil well exploded in Western Colorado, killing three workers. The well was owned by Denver-Carrington, a large multi-national oil company. The families of the workers are suing Denver-Carrington, claiming the company was negligent in maintaining the oil well. In its defense, Denver-Carrington offers two documents. The first is a monthly maintenance report filled out by the company's regional safety inspector, indicating that the oil well was inspected and found to be in good working condition every month from the day it was built until the day it exploded. The second is an e-mail, written by the same inspector to the CEO of the company, which was written a few hours after the incident and provides a physical description of the damage to the pump and the surrounding area. The plaintiffs object to both documents as hearsay. The judge should: a. Preclude both documents. b. Admit the monthly maintenance report but not the e-mail. c. Admit the e-mail but not the monthly maintenance report. d. Admit both documents.

Fanning company is considering the addition of a new product to its cosmetics line. the company has three distinctly different options: a skin cream, a bath oil, or a hair coloring gel. relevant information and budgeted annual income statements for each of the products follow. skin cream bath oil color gel budgeted sales in units (a) 110,000 190,000 70,000 expected sales price (b) $8 $4 $11 variable costs per unit (c) $2 $2 $7 income statements sales revenue (a × b) $880,000 $760,000 $770,000 variable costs (a × c) (220,000) (380,000) (490,000) contribution margin 660,000 380,000 280,000 fixed costs (432,000) (240,000) (76,000) net income $228,000 $140,000 $204,000 required: (a) determine the margin of safety as a percentage for each product. (b) prepare revised income statements for each product, assuming a 20 percent increase in the budgeted sales volume. (c) for each product, determine the percentage change in net income that results from the 20 percent increase in sales. (d) assuming that management is pessimistic and risk averse, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line? (e) assuming that management is optimistic and risk aggressive, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line?